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 | Blood clotting is a natural process in which blood cells and fibrin strands rapidly form a clump to stop bleeding after a blood vessel has been injured. |
| Although most blood clots tend to dissolve on their own with no long-term problems, there are situations in which blood clots can cause medical problems. |
| Blood clots can also block veins and arteries throughout the body, causing diseases that range from varicose veins to a life-threatening pulmonary embolism. |
| What Is Deep Vein Thrombosis? (237 words) |
| Deep vein thrombosis (throm-BO-sis), or DVT, is a blood clot that forms in a vein deep in the body. |
| Blood clots in the thigh are more likely to break off and cause PE than blood clots in the lower leg or other parts of the body. |
| Blood clots also can form in the veins closer to the skin's surface. |
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